PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS: This is an integrated assessment. Students are required to complete this project in order to pass this module. The purpose of the assessment is to gauge competence in MS Project and its application across the project management syllabus. An outline of a project is presented, for which you are required to develop a project proposal using the format provided to be presented to the customer for consideration towards awarding the potential project work to you. DO NOT present a proposal for a project of your choice. For this assessment you are not required to cite or reference any theory. However, you must demonstrate the ability to apply the theory within the proposal for the purposes of procuring the project work. Marks are awarded for correct representation per section in the proposal as well as for appropriately labelled extracts (graphs, tables, charts) from MS Project. Extracts must be placed immediately before the discussion in the relevant section of the proposal and reference MUST be made to the extract in the discussion to get that sections full marks. 50% of the total marks will be allocated to the written proposal component and 50% to the relevant extracts from MSP. The main body of the report must be no more than TWENTY (20) pages. Project: C S R Project: Primary School Renovation

Background You have just completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management and are currently planning as part of your companys Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), to renovate a local primary school. All 5 buildings on the school premises are in need of a major painting. Develop a project proposal on the for the implementation of this CSR project. All processes planned for should be finalised within 1 month. You are required to submit a proposal in the report format provided, outlining how all planning and preparation would be effected.

GENERAL PROJECT INFORMATION

\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|} \hline Project Tasks & Team Rates & You know \\ \hline Define project scope & Team Leader: R100/day & \begin{tabular}{l} Building size per square \\ meter \end{tabular} \\ \hline \begin{tabular}{l} 'Engage stakeholders (internal and \\ external) \end{tabular} & \begin{tabular}{l} Surface Preparation team \\ (Scrapers and Sanders): R150/day \end{tabular} & School colours \\ \hline \begin{tabular}{l} Outline tools, materials and \\ consumables required \end{tabular} & - Painters: R800/day & \begin{tabular}{l} Commitment from teachers to \\ join project \end{tabular} \\ \hline Allocate responsibility to project team & - Trimmers: R100/day & \multirow{4}{*}{\begin{tabular}{l} Paint supplier sponsoring \\ protective equipment \end{tabular}} \\ \hline Compile resource schedule & Cleaners: R80/day & \\ \hline -Plan activities & \multirow{2}{*}{\begin{tabular}{l} NB: Assign resources as much as you \\ can to accomplish all your identified \\ tasks. \end{tabular}} & \\ \hline Monitor and Evaluate for quality & & \\ \hline \end{tabular} 1.4 Schedule and dependencies: (20) Discuss the project dependencies and list the tasks on the critical path. Discuss the critical path tasks, and methods used to shorten the critical path. 1.5 Milestones and Deliverables: (10) List and discuss the milestones and the deliverables for each. Be very specific about each milestone, including the project finish milestone. 1.6 Project Control and Risks: (20) -Discuss the general strategy that will be used to manage the project to completion. -Project must have at least two phases. Discuss how they connect to each other, and the milestones. -Discuss why you took this strategy. Summarise TEN (10) most important project risks, and how they will be dealt with if they occur. 1.7 Summary: (10) Briefly summarise, giving the overall project cost, the project benefits as bullet points, and the general strategy. Give the client a list of meetings, with details like who, when and where and estimated times, and desired deliverable